You can now download iOS 8 beta 2 as Apple has just starting rolling it out for registered devices. Among other things, this build includes performance fixes and general stability improvements. Having rolled out the first beta for iPhone users following the WWDC keynote earlier on this month, this follow-up doesn't offer a great deal more in terms of raw features, but given how rough and erratic that initial release was in comparison to the polished seamlessness we've accustomed ourselves to with iOS 7.1.x, it's a welcome bump that renders iOS 8 beta considerably more usable.
In Apple's ongoing effort to offer an integrated, mutually intelligible experience between iOS and OS X, the fruit company took the wraps off its Continuity movement at the Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month. But while the features encompassed by the Continuity umbrella term, such as Handoff, sound as though they're going to be beneficial to Apple's ecosystem as a whole, some older Macs running on OS X 10.10 Yosemite and iDevices running iOS 8 mightn't be able to take advantage due to the integral role that Bluetooth 4.0 (LE) plays.
Apple is in for a busy year, especially if all the devices it is rumored to have in the pipeline turn out to be real. One of those devices is the fabled iWatch, and it seems to be getting more and more real by the day.
The iPhone's camera tends always to be among the best in the business, and with the iPhone 6, this trend will continue if reports pertaining to the upcoming handset are to be believed. But with a few months to go until Apple showcases the next best thing, we've still got a very solid shooter in the rear-facing lens of the iPhone 5s, and one YouTube channel has sought to help you get the very most out of this great snapper with a run-down of ten tricks that you probably didn't know about.
With every iOS update, Siri is getting smarter and better. It is now able to process information relayed in a variety of ways. Here, we run through a selection of Siri tricks that you mightn’t have stumbled across before, and after checking out all of the tips, we’re pretty sure you’ll wind up using Siri a lot more than you currently do.
Apple's well-documented acquisition of Beats Electronics was officially announced only a couple of weeks ago, but even though co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine clearly enjoyed their first publicized engagement alongside Tim Cook and the other Apple executives, the company is still very much on its game as far as the business of releasing new products is concerned. Having already taken the wraps off the new Solo2, Beats has just announced its very first wireless earbuds in the form of the Powerbeats2, and like the original Powerbeats, they are designed with the active, sporting individual in mind.
It is largely reckoned that Apple will be rolling out two significantly larger iPhone 6 models later on this year - a 4.7-inch version and a more sizeable edition packing a 5.5-inch display. It has been mentioned on several occasions that the bigger iPhone 6 will cost $100 more, and a new analyst report has corroborated this notion while also adding that consumers are more than willing to bear the additional cost for the corresponding bump in display real estate.
Apple has issued a statement outlining safety-related flaws with some European iPhone USB adapters, and as such, will be running a replacement program for those in ownership of these potentially defective products.
There's no doubt that the iPad Air, released late last year by Apple, was the best upgrade to the company's tablet line-up since the original slate hit the scene back in 2010. With its slick, iPad mini-like form factor and high-end specs, it seemed miraculous that the Cupertino company had managed to squeeze so much hardware into such a svelte package, and now, its forthcoming successor, the iPad Air 2, is apparently about to go into production.
It's been almost four years since Apple's iPhone 4 delighted us with crisp, "Retina" sharpness, and shortly after that, the iPad 3 did the same for the company's famed tablet. Then, the MacBook Pro with Retina display manifested back in 2012, and we all thought that the rest of the Mac range would naturally follow suit thereafter. It didn't happen, though, and with new reports suggesting that the iMac will be getting a refresh next week, it looks like we're still going to be left waiting for that elusive resolution bump.
